On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Steven Moye wrote:

> Bt's are not species specific, but order specific.  They kill larval stages
> of the order Lepidoptera...

Strains of Bt also kill species of Diptera and Coleoptera, terrestrial
and aquatic. Bt has no known effect on the honey bee.

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